Maryland football takes a trip to Iowa City on Saturday to play the Iowa Hawkeyes in a tough cross-divisional game. Iowa is No. 19 in the AP Poll, making the Hawkeyes the third ranked team on Maryland’s schedule this year. S&P+ has them 21st and as the second-toughest opponent the Terps have faced behind Michigan (yes, that means ahead of Texas).
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Maryland needs big plays to survive.
This has been the story of Maryland’s offense for the past few seasons: big plays have to get the Terps into the end zone, because methodical drives usually won’t.